Welcome to English 11!
What is English 11?
This yearlong course combines a variety of texts including fictional texts, informational texts, speeches, historical documents, drama, and poetry, to engage students in practice, activities, and assessments in order to apply various strategies to analyze and respond to the excerpts and texts that have been used in class.
Performance-based tasks, called Embedded Assessments, will be used to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their new learning during each Unit.
If you have questions, please contact Ms. Salzer
Unit Goals
Unit 1:
· To understand and define complex concepts such as the American Dream
· To identify and synthesize a variety of perspectives
· To analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of arguments
· To analyze representative texts from the American experience
· To interpret a text in consideration of its context
Unit 2:
· To analyze an argument
· To create and present a dramatic scene about a societal issue
· To define and apply the appeals and devices of rhetoric
· To analyze, write, and present a persuasive speech
· To examine and apply syntactic structures in the written and spoken word
Unit 4:
· To compose a personal essay that employs stylistic techniques
· To analyze and evaluate the structural and stylistic features of texts
· To use a variety of genres to express a coherent theme
Unit 5:
· To explore the concept of “journey”
· To analyze a writer’s complex writing and stylistic choices
· To research and synthesize information about a literary era
· To create a multimedia presentation
This yearlong course combines a variety of texts including fictional texts, informational texts, speeches, historical documents, drama, and poetry, to engage students in practice, activities, and assessments in order to apply various strategies to analyze and respond to the excerpts and texts that have been used in class.
Performance-based tasks, called Embedded Assessments, will be used to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their new learning during each Unit.
If you have questions, please contact Ms. Salzer
Unit Goals
Unit 1:
· To understand and define complex concepts such as the American Dream
· To identify and synthesize a variety of perspectives
· To analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of arguments
· To analyze representative texts from the American experience
· To interpret a text in consideration of its context
Unit 2:
· To analyze an argument
· To create and present a dramatic scene about a societal issue
· To define and apply the appeals and devices of rhetoric
· To analyze, write, and present a persuasive speech
· To examine and apply syntactic structures in the written and spoken word
Unit 4:
· To compose a personal essay that employs stylistic techniques
· To analyze and evaluate the structural and stylistic features of texts
· To use a variety of genres to express a coherent theme
Unit 5:
· To explore the concept of “journey”
· To analyze a writer’s complex writing and stylistic choices
· To research and synthesize information about a literary era
· To create a multimedia presentation
Worksheets/Handouts distributed in class:
Below are handouts or worksheets that have been given out in class. Please check here before asking for additional copies. You may print these out on your own and turn these in as well.
Essential Questions for Unit 1:
How do writers use the strategies of definition to define a concept?
What is "the American Dream?"
Preparing for Embedded Assessment 1.1:
Illustration:
http://www.nps.gov/stli/historyculture/the-immigra...
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175887
How a Thesis Statement Fits With the Rest of the Essay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rMz_RkwPw&list=U...
How do writers use the strategies of definition to define a concept?
What is "the American Dream?"
Preparing for Embedded Assessment 1.1:
Illustration:
http://www.nps.gov/stli/historyculture/the-immigra...
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175887
How a Thesis Statement Fits With the Rest of the Essay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rMz_RkwPw&list=U...
Embedded Assessment 1.1:
The following are handouts given to students to help prepare for Embedded Assessment 1.1. All files have also been shared with students in Google Classroom.
The following are handouts given to students to help prepare for Embedded Assessment 1.1. All files have also been shared with students in Google Classroom.
If you would like to be added to Google Classroom, please contact Ms. Salzer.
Essential Questions for Unit 2:
How can artistic expression advance social commentary?
How are the components of rhetoric applied to the creation and delivery of persuasive speeches?
Preparing for Embedded Assessment 2.1:
Creating and Performing a Dramatic Scene
The following are handouts given to students to help prepare for Embedded Assessment 2.1. Files have also been shared with students on their Google accounts.
How can artistic expression advance social commentary?
How are the components of rhetoric applied to the creation and delivery of persuasive speeches?
Preparing for Embedded Assessment 2.1:
Creating and Performing a Dramatic Scene
The following are handouts given to students to help prepare for Embedded Assessment 2.1. Files have also been shared with students on their Google accounts.
Embedded Assessment 2.1 Rubric | |
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Audio link for The Crucible
Important reminders:
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Technology Information:
Turnitin.com- Our website to turn in final drafts of papers and revisions of papers
SpringBoard Digital- Our website for the digital edition of our SpringBoard books
membean.com- Our website for our online vocabulary instruction. Our weekly requirement is 45 minutes per week.
Google.com- Google is where students use their online accounts to type drafts of papers and receive feedback throughout the writing process.
Student login: [email protected]
What is my password?
It is your lunchcode +00
Submit an assignment/project, please use this link if you are having difficulty submitting an assignment/project
Turnitin.com- Our website to turn in final drafts of papers and revisions of papers
SpringBoard Digital- Our website for the digital edition of our SpringBoard books
membean.com- Our website for our online vocabulary instruction. Our weekly requirement is 45 minutes per week.
Google.com- Google is where students use their online accounts to type drafts of papers and receive feedback throughout the writing process.
Student login: [email protected]
What is my password?
It is your lunchcode +00
Submit an assignment/project, please use this link if you are having difficulty submitting an assignment/project
Literature LinksUnit 1: Of Mice and MenBelow are assignments and Vocabulary that we will be covering as we read John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
Unit 2: The CrucibleUnit 4: Into the WildBelow are assignments and Vocabulary that we will be covering as we read Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild
Unit 5: A Raisin in the SunBelow are assignments and Vocabulary that we will be covering as we read Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun
College/Career ReadinessThe following information is useful information about college and career readiness
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Writing Links
This section will be for writing assignments/lessons we complete or handouts we have given to students in class.
Help with your research! Here are some helpful websites and information that we've covered in class for how to cite sources and make your works cited page:
EasyBib-To make your Works Cited Page Purdue Online Writing Lab- Works Cited MLA Style In-text parenthetical citations- Why we use in-text parenthetical citations
Click here to go to the PHSC Media Center to access the databases that were presented to us by Mrs. George in class:
PHSC Databases ACTThis section is for handouts related to ACT practice and preparation. All juniors will take the ACT in the fall.
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